Why are we waiting? A study of the patients™ perspectives about their protracted stays in an Emergency Department

Irish Medical Journal

Volumn 100, Issue 10, 2007, Pages

  Gilligan, Peadar ^a   Gupta, V ^b   Singh, I ^b   Winder, S ^a   Kelly, P O ^a   Hegarty, D ^c  

^a BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^b ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS IN IRELAND   (Ireland)

^c The Civic Centre   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CROWDING; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; HOSPITAL PLANNING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SAFETY; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; AGED; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; IRELAND; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROWDING; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HUMANS; IRELAND; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PATIENTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 38049169485     PISSN: 03323102     EISSN: 03323102     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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